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Definition of Targe

Targe
Targe Targe, n. [F. Cf. Target.] A shield or target. [Obs. or Poetic] ``A buckler on a targe.' --Chaucer.

Meaning of Targe from wikipedia

- Targe (from Old Franconian targa 'shield', Proto-Germanic *targo 'border') was a shield used by Scottish Highlanders in the early modern period. From...
- Prince Charlie's Targe is a notable 18th-century targe, a type of shield. The most prominent example is a highly decorated targe in the National Museum...
- François Henri René Allain-Targé (17 May 1832 – 16 July 1902) was a French politician of the French Third Republic. He served as Minister of finance under...
- broadsword that protected the hand. This was generally used with a shield or targe strapped to the weak arm and a dirk or biotag ("long knife") held in the...
- example, Scottish Highland fighters liked to wield small shields known as targes, and as late as the 19th century, some non-industrialized peoples (such...
- "shield bearers", also known as "sword and buckler men") Swashbuckler Targe Buckler (surname) Parikaoba (ru:Парикаоба) — traditional Caucasian fencing...
- A Hungarian (or Hungarian-style) shield was a specific form of targe. It was rectangular at the bottom, but the upper edge swept upward forming a curve...
- a short lyric Sweit Rois of Vertew and the extended allegory The Goldyn Targe. Other court entertainments were more personal. Of James Dog and its sequel...
- April 2014. "Ex-MP: Scotland 'in trouble' if lax on constitution – The Targe". thetarge.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020. "Former MP **** Douglas dies aged...
- ****isted by judges. The investigation was conducted by Captain Antoine Louis Targe, aide to the minister. During searches of the Statistics Section he discovered...